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E. P. QLSON MATCH BOOKING MACHINE Filed Nov. 12, 1938 6 Sheets-Sheet 6E7260 P 053 on 6 @sflficrn Patented Aug. 1, 1939 iJNlTED STATES PATENTOFFIQE MATCH BOOKING MACHIN E Application November 12, 1938, Serial No.239,976

Claims.

This invention relates to match booking machines, and more particularlyto a machine of the type embodying mechanism whereby flexible covers aresuccessively positioned in the active path. of an oscillating bladewhich is effective to fold each cover at one end and insert it in anintermittently movable carrier by means of which the end-folded coversare borne progressively to match assembling and other mechanisrns,including a mechanism whereby the extended ends of the covers are folderabout the heads and upon the stems of the matches contained in therespective covers. A machine of the type referred to is disclosed inUnited States Patents No. 1,042,472, dated October 29, 1912, No.1,479,481, dated January 1, 1924, and No. 1,886,496, dated November 8,1932, to which patents reference may be had.

The principal object of my invention is to provide simple and efiicientmeans adapated and arranged to score or groove each succeeding cover inspaced parallel lines properly located to aiford transverse hingeportions which ensure the folding of the extended end of the cover in amanner to present in the completed match book a neat and uniform endportion encasing the heads of the contained matches.

To this end my invention comprises novel features of construction andcombinations of elements arranged in co-operative relation to theinitial cover folding mechanism of the machine, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a partial rear elevation of the coverreceiving end of a match booking machine equipped with scoring orgrooving mechanism embodying the principle of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation showing the cover feeding, foldingand scoring mechanisms. 49 Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectionthrough one of the folding blades and associated parts, as on the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse horizontal section through the cover magazines,as on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 5 and 6v are transverse vertical sections, as on the lines 5-5 and6-6, respectively, of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional elevation adjacent one of the covermagazines, the section being taken through one of the chambered suctionslides, the upper end of the slotted folder memher, and the verticallymovable die element for scoring or grooving the covers, one of which ncovers is represented as supported on the slide with one end overlyingthe mouth of. the folder member, and the die element being shown in downor acting position on the cover.

Fig- 8 is a transverse vertical section, as on the line 88 of Fig. '7.

Fig. 9 is. an end elevation of one of the chambered slides and theoverhanging die element preparatory to the scoring or grooving of acover imposed on the slide.

Fig. 10 is a detail of the die bars and the end connecting membersthereof.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of one of the chambered slides and thegrooved insert therein with which the movable die element co-operates.

Fig. 12 is a general perspective view of one of the slides, the movabledie element co-acting therewith, and the tappet for positioning thecover in accurate relation to such element, showing the operatingconnections for the slide, the movable die element and the tappet.

Fig. 13 illustrates a scored or grooved cover.

Fig. 14 illustrates a match book having the said cover applied thereto.

Referring to the annexed drawings, l5 designates the supporting frameincluding the table It of a match booking machine, ll designates theintermittently-movable pocketed carrier whereof the upper run is guidedin a trough 18 on the table, and I9 designates. the driven cam shaftwhich, through suitable cam and transmission mechanisms, actuates thecarrier and other moving parts of the machine.

Spaced cover-containing magazines 20 are supported by brackets 21 on thetable, and horizontal chambered slides 22, which are mounted in Iguideways in the respective brackets, constitute bottoms for themagazines. The topof each slide is provided with a perforated area 23and the. chamber of the slide is connected at one end by means of aflexible tube 24 to an air pipe 25 in controllable communication with asuitable pump (not shown), whereby air is periodically removed from thechamber and the lowermost cover (C) in the magazine is thus heldflatwise upon the perforated area. Hence by reciprocating the slide tomove such area under and beyond the. magazine each succeeding lowermostcover is removed from the magazine, the respective ends of the coverprojecting beyond the slide, as seen in Fig. 3. In the present instancemeans M) for simultaneously actuating the slides comprises a pair oflevers 24% which are suitably mounted beneath the table and are jointedat their upper ends to the respective slides, the lower ends of thelevers being equipped with rolls 250 which run in peripherally groovedcams 26 on the shaft |9. (See Fig. 1.)

Channelled folding members 21 are supported on the inner sides of. therespective brackets 2|. In each member is formed from top to bottom acurved channel 28 whereof the outer side is open and the top is directlybelow the adjacent cover when it is withdrawn from the magazine by thesuction slide 22. Curved folding blades 29 corresponding with therespective channels of the members 2T are arranged and adapted to swinginto and from the channels. Each blade in its downward stroke engagesthe opposing end portion of the cover and tucks it down into and throughthe adjacent channel, thereby effecting the folding of such end, andcarrying the fold end of the cover through and just beyond the opposinglink of the intermittently movable carrier.

The two blades 29 are borne by arms 30 which are mounted on andconcurrently operated by a rock-shaft 3| having its bearings in brackets32 rising from the table. Fast on the rock-shaft 3| is a gear sector 33in mesh with a similar sector fast on a rearward parallel rock-shaft 35having its bearings in the walls of the slotted body portion 36 of astandard 31 which rises from the table and supports the air pipe 25. Theshaft 35 is encircled by a torsional spring 38, whereof one end issecured to the shaft 35 and the other end to a crank arm 39 loose onsuch shaft. This crank arm has a lateral stud or projection 40 which isnormally urged ,by the action of the spring in contact with a toe 4|fast on the shaft 35. The crank arm 39 is connected by means of a link42 with a rocker-arm 43 bearing a roll 44 which runs in the race of acam 45 fast on the driven cam shaft IQ of the machine. The contour ofthe cam race is such as to effect through the connections just describedoscillatory motion of the rock-shaft 35, thus through the agency of themeshing sectors 33 and 34 oscillating the folding blades.

When the blades are up the slides are pushed endwise toward each otherto carry the imposed covers and locate the rearwardly projecting ends ofthe latter directly under the blades, which blades then descend upon theopposing ends of the covers. The slides then remain at rest for aninterval and move back toward the magazines. When the slides are abouthalf way back the folding blades have reached their extreme downposition. In the next or return stroke of the blades the slides continueback to their original position under the magazines in readiness to pushforward the next succeeding covers. The portion of the carrier supportedon the table is intermittently driven to present two of the links to theopen ends of the respective channels 28 of the folding members 21 intimed relation to the operation of the folding blades so as to receiveend folded covers.

The mechanisms thus far described are set out in detail in the patentspreviously mentioned.

Cover scoring or grooving mechanisms embodying a practical form of myinvention are illustrated as arranged in cooperative relation to therespective "suction slides 22 of the machine. As the mechanisms arealike a description of one will sufiice, as follows: The perforated topportion 23 of each of the slides includes a perforated insert section 46having therein parallel grooves 41 which are arranged to underlie anddefine that portion of the cover which is to be bent about the heads ofthe matches after the latter have been associated with the cover. Theperforated section is provided at one end with a lip 48 which isdetachably secured to the adjacent wall of the slide, as by screws 49.Overlying the section 46 when the rearward end of the book cover thereonis located in the path of the folding blade, are a pair of parallel dieridges 50 arranged above and in cooperative relation to thecorresponding grooves 41 of such section. These ridges are convenientlyformed on a pair of T-bars 5| whereof the webs are snugly fitted in theparallel slots 52 of a housing 53, which is bolted to the free end ofthe longer arm 54 of a vertically movable rock lever hereinafterdescribed. The ends of the bars 5| are recessed, as at 55, for theslidable reception of tie plates 56 whereof the upper edges are notched,as at 51, to receive the upper end projections 58 of the respectivebars. The plates bear against the opposing ends of the housing and aresecured thereto as by screws 59, the notches of the bars being ofsufficient depth to permit slight sliding vertical movement of theconnected bars. The housing 53 has therein vertical sockets 60containing compression springs 6! which, being confined by the adjacentface of the lever, bear upon heads 62 within the sockets, which heads,in turn, press against the opposing bars 5| and tend to urge themdownward to a limited extent. Hence the die bars are caused to exertresilient pressure on the cover when by proper actuation of the leverarm 54 they are pressed downward in co-operative relation to thecomplementary grooves 41, thus effecting the transverse scoring orgrooving of the body of the cover, as seen in Figs. 7, 8 and 9. Thecover, C, with its spaced parallel grooves c is shown in Fig. 13, and abook of matches embodying the grooved cover is shown in Fig. 14, suchcover being represented as folded along the grooves to provide a uniformend portion d at the heads of the contained matches.

The lever hereinbefore referred to is fulcrumed, as at 63, on one of twoadjacent upstanding brackets 64 which are supported by the table, andare fixedly connected at their upper ends by a tie piece 65 which isbolted to the standard 31 previously referred to. The shorter arm 66 ofthe lever is connected by means of a link 61 with an upper rock arm 68parallel with the arm 66. The rock arm 68 is fast on a longitudinallyextending shaft 69 which has its hearings in the bracket 64 and also ina suitably-located bracket 10 rising from the table. (See Fig. 1). Theend of the shaft 69 adjacent the bracket 10 has fast thereon an arm Hwhich is connected by means of a depending link 12 with one arm 13 of abell-crank fulcrumed on a base bracket 14 adjacent the cam shaft IS. Theother arm 15 of the bell-crank is provided with a roll 16 which is heldin operative contact with the periphery of a cam 11 on the shaft I9 bymeans of a spring 18, which spring is secured to the arm 13 and to astationary part of the machine. The contour of the cam 1'! is such thatin an interval of its rotation when the cover borne by a suction slideis positioned beneath the die bars 5| such bars are lowered and raisedthrough the operation of the lever and link connections just described.

In order to insure the accurate positioning of each succeeding bookcover in relation to the grooves 41 of the perforated insert section 46immediately preceding the descent of the die bars, a vibratory tappet I9is arranged and adapted to act upon the projecting forward end of thecover. This tappet comprises a horizontally disposed member slidablyfitted in a guide fixture 80 on the forward upper flange 8| of thechannelled folding member 21. One end of the tappet has a bearing face190 shaped to impinge against and throughout the length of the opposingend of the cover, and the other end is provided with lateral ears 82equipped with adjusting set screws 83 which co-act with the opposingedge of the flange 8| in order to adjust and determine the limit ofinward movement of the tappet in respect to the cover. The tappet isjointed, as at 84, to the upstanding arm 85 of a lever which isfulcrumed, as .at 86, on an ear 8'! extending forwardly from theadjacent rib of the magazine supporting bracket 2|. The tappet is heldnormally outward by means of a spring 88 which is secured to the otherarm 89 of the lever and to the adjacent bracket 2|. The arm 89 ispivotally connected by means of a link 9|] with the longer arm 9| of abell-crank which is pivoted on the table, as at 92. The shorter arm 93of the bell-crank has pivoted thereto, as at 94, a toe 95 which extendsinto the path of the lever 240 for actuating the adjacent cover slide22, such toe being maintained yieldingly in normal position by theaction thereon of a buffer block 96 carried by the free end of a springstrip 91 which is secured to the short arm of the bellcrank, as at 98.

By the construction just described the lever 240 as it completes itstransfer stroke from the adjacent cover magazine to the end foldingposition, and at the instant the vacuum within the chamber of the slideis temporarily broken, abuts against the spring pressed toe 95 andimparts to the bell-crank 9!, 93 and the lever 85, 89 a slight swingingmotion effective to move the tappet 19 inward against the opposing endof the cover, thus squaring the cover on the perforated portion of theslide and accurately locating it above the perforated grooved sectionpreparatory to the descent of the overlying folding blade upon therearwar-dly projecting end of the cover. In the return stroke of thelever 240 toward the magazine and away from the spring pressed toe 95,the tappet resumes its normal outward position. The provision of thespring pressed toe on the bell-crank arm 93 operates as a buffer toreduce the jar otherwise resulting from the impact of the rapidlyswinging lever on the bell-crank.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to theparticular exemplifying form thereof herein disclosed, as the mechanismsmay be modified within the principle of the invention and the scope ofthe appended claims.

I clairn 1. In a booking machine, the combination of a magazine forflexible covers, cover folding means adjacent said magazine, meansincluding a transfer member arranged and adapted to withdraw eachsucceeding cover from the magazine and position the cover with one endthereof in the effective path of the folding means, die means incooperative relation to said transfer member to groove the body of thecover transversely in spaced parallel lines before the action of thefolding means on the positioned cover, thus providing the cover withhinge portions, and means for opera ating said die means in timedrelation to the folding means.

2. In a booking machine, the combination of a magazine for flexiblecovers, cover folding means adjacent said magazine, cover transfer meansincluding a member having a suction chamber with a perforated wall areato receive each succeeding cover from the magazine and position thecover with one end thereof in the effective path of the folding means,said perforated area having therein spaced parallel grooves whichunderlie the body of the cover, a die element in co-operative relationto the grooved portion of said area to depress the body of the covertransversely in spaced parallel lines before the action of the foldingmeans on the positioned cover, thus providing the cover with hingeportions, and means for oper ating said die element in timed relation tothe folding means.

3. In a booking machine, the combination of a magazine for flexiblecovers, cover folding means adjacent said magazine, cover transfer meansincluding a member having a suction chamber with a perforated wall areato receive each succeeding cover from the magazine and position thecover with one end thereof in the eflective path of the folding means,said perforated area including a perforated insert section having spacedparallel grooves which underlie and extend transversely of the body ofthe cover, a die element in cooperative relation to the grooved sectionto depress the body of the cover into the respective grooves before theaction of the folding means on the positioned cover, thus providing thecover with hinge portions, and means for operating said die element intimed relation to the folding means.

4. In a booking machine, the combination of a magazine for flexiblecovers, cover folding means adjacent said magazine, means including atrans fer member arranged and adapted to withdraw each succeeding coverfrom the magazine and position the cover with one end thereof in theeffective path of the folding means, die means in co-operative relationto said transfer member to groove the body of the cover transversely inspaced parallel lines before the action of the folding means on theopposinng end of the cover, thus providing the cover with hingeportions, a vibratory tappet for acting on the opposite end of the coverto ensure the accurate relation of the cover to the die means, and meansfor operating said cover grooving means and tappet in timed relation toeach other and to the folding means.

5. The combination of a magazine for flexible sovers, cover foldingmeans including a reciprocating blade adjacent said magazine, actuatingmeans for said blade, means including a transfer member arranged andadapted to withdraw each cover from the magazine and position the coverwith one end thereof in the effective path of the folding blade, meansincluding a lever for reciprocating said transfer member, die means inco-operative relation to said transfer member to groove the body of thecover transversely in spaced parallel lines before the action of thefolding blade on the opposing end of the cover, thus providing the coverwith hinge portions, a vibratory tappet for acting on the opposite endof the cover to ensure the accurate relation of the cover to the diemeans, and connections between said lever and the tappet for operatingsaid tappet in timed relation to the cover grooving means and thefolding blade.

ERIC P. OLSON.

